Hey, you probably already know – and are signed up – for the Cool Bloggers October Walking Club, but just in case you missed the announcement, Elisabeth is hosting this Daily Walking Challenge (which she first introduced in April), again this month! I am sure you want to be part...
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photo credit: @gaellemarcel via Unsplash Today is October 1. How in the world did that happen? How are we entering the last quarter of this year? It’s also officially fall, although we’re still dealing with very summery temperatures here in the Central Valley. And this post is not about fall or pumpkins, for that...
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I can’t believe I already completed Week 8 of the 18-week training plan. We’re almost halfway through! There was no mileage increase this week but I had another opportunity to practice 15 miles. Part of my brain keeps thinking ‘you’re running a casual half marathon, and then some, on a...
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This week’s stats: Running: 36.3 miCycling: 13.2 miBootcamp: 30 minStrength: 60 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 90 minWarm up/Stretching: 45 minMeditation: 20 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. This week, there was no mileage increase but another opportunity to “practice” 15 miles on my long run. I felt a little...
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FEELING | tired. I think “cumulative fatigue” from marathon training has set in and it’s a necessary and normal part of the training for long-distance races, but man do I want to hit the snooze button right now. The fact that it’s dark in the morning is not helping. And...
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Week 7 had more hill repeats and increased mileage on the long run. It was my longest run yet. I had never run more miles than a half marathon before. I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t a little nervous after last week’s “bad” run, but since...
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Around the Interwebs Restaurant math isn’t working. Why restaurants feel so expensive right now. I feel like this article explains things a little bit (and yes, we do want quality food), but it’s not helping with the fact that a lot of people just don’t have the money to spend...
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This week’s stats: Running: 37.7 miCycling: 18.9 miBootcamp: 30 minStrength: 60 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 100 minWarm up/Stretching: 65 minMeditation: 30 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I had a good week. I had another hill repeat workout on Wednesday and then ran my longest run to date on...
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Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. I got not one, but TWO items of Cool Blogger mail this week. One came in the form of a postcard from Birchie and Kyria’s meetup in...
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Week 6 is in the books and I had my first “bad” run. I was on the struggle bus for my long run today. It all started out well enough, but I hit a wall around mile 8. I pushed through for another two miles but then had to take some...
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